title: Sudden unilateral vision loss arising from calcified amorphous tumor of the left ventricle.
abstract: Calcified amorphous tumor of the heart is a very rare non-neoplastic intracavitary mass. The clinical presentation is similar to that of other cardiac masses. The precise cause and best approach to treatment remain unclear. We describe a case of cardiac calcified amorphous tumor presenting with refractory unilateral vision loss that was successfully treated by surgical excision. To our knowledge, this is only the 2nd reported case of retinal arterial embolism due to cardiac calcified amorphous tumor in the English-language literature.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Cardiovascular Surgery (Drs. Alpay, Cakir, Colak, and Nazli), Cardiology (Drs. Atar and Eryonucu), and Pathology (Dr. Haltas), Faculty of Medicine, Fatih University, 06510 Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Yunus
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nazli
authors.forename: Necmettin
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Colak
authors.forename: Inci Asli
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Atar
authors.forename: Mehmet Fatih
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Alpay
authors.forename: Hacer
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Haltas
authors.forename: Beyhan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Eryonucu
authors.forename: Omer
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Cakir
mesh_terms: D001766:Blindness / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D004617:Embolism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009360:Neoplastic Cells, Circulating / Q000473:pathology*; D015356:Retinal Artery Occlusion / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Blindness/etiology; calcinosis/complications/radiography/surgery; diagnosis, differential; tumor, cardiac calcified amorphous; vision loss, sudden